The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-08 00:00:00

MONEY 1' ARKET AND OOMMIRCILL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCL The Money Market continues to receive large daily accessions of floating capital, and, as still greater abundance is expected, the future is un doubtedly regarded in a very favourable light by the commercial classes. Accordingly no one appears in a hurry to obtain more accommodation than is needed for present purposes, and the concessions afforded by the discount establishments are there. fore regarded as only the forerunner to greater facilitic3. The rates now range from 5, per cent,. with only a slight demand. The weekly balance -sheet issued yesterday by the authorities of the Bank of England contains saveral important alterations, bat as (hey were more or less expected in consequence of the recent advances to brokers, in anticipation of the coming dividends and other heavy periodical commitments, they have not excited any great surprisa. Subjoined is our usual analysis : Active Circulation •. •. X 21,350,775 Bullio In .. .• crease .. 687,850 n 13,9304, 9 Decrease .. Rest 267,040 Increase .. • .. • . 3 ,366,788 38,4 2 7 .• •• Public Deposit s 489, i 0 ••• • • • Increase 9 I 724,405 Other Deposits.. •• .. 13,471,415 Thicrease .. • • .. .. 671 Seven Day and other Bills .. •.. 609,,2171 93 Increase G overnment Securities •• 48,612 Increas© • .. .. 11,122,1 142 25 Other Securitiea 2 3,067,467 Increase .. . • . 958,837 Notes Unemployed . .. 6,518,035 Decrease .• .. 911,020 At the h a lf -yearly meeting to-day of the Peel River Land and INlinerl Company, it was h agreed to pay a dividend at the rate of per cent., free of income tax. Two O'LOCK. At Paris, this d a y, according to Mr. o Reuter' s telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 661'. 07c. Several important alterations are exhibited in the weekly return of the Bank of France, mostly favourable in their character. The loans have been reduced £390,000, and the discounts £176,000; but there is also a falling off in the bullion, the dimi nution amounting to £40,000. The Treasury balances have been trenched upon to the extent of £1,474,000. The notes in circulation have been increased £226,400, and the current accounts £173,300. Only a limited amount of business has been transacted in the English Stock Market, and the operators ere more engaged in discussing the pro. grees of the debates than in opening fresh engagements either for a rise or fall in prices. Consols are 909 for transfer, lasing I lower, but the quotat i on for the August account remains steady at 90, 1 I. The New Three end Reduced .Annuities are 89}7- ; ; the March Exchequer Bills are marked 87 d i scount ; India 5 per Cents., 104} ; and Enfaced ditto, 105. The few bargains recorded in the Foreign Stock Market have not materially altered quotations. Mexican (ex. all) show a decline of I, and are now quoted 284 29, while the New Stock is at an ad vance of k—viz., at 261 27. Greek have not varied, being again 251 1. Spanish Passive, after rising I, have gone back to the former prices—viz., 291 I. Turkish Consolidea area lower, at 491 50; and the Confederate Loan is 1 per cent, better, at 69 70. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued moderately active, but in one or two in stances prices have shown rather less firmness. North Western, Midland, North Eastern (Berwick) and South Eastern have each receded about 5s ; while Great 'Western have improved 15s; and Brighton 4 to A.. Tue Foreign and Colonial lines, however, remain without material change. 13tniz and Miscellaneous Shares continue in moderate request, and exhibit liLtlc utimigo of im portance as regards prices. St. Nuzlire Company Shares are quoted 14 11 prem.; Ebbw Vale, 1 Preen.; and Chamounix United Hotel, I preen. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. GOVANMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do Account, A ug . 9 3 per Cent. Reduced Ntniz 3 per Cent Bq New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894... . Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Anntutres, 30 yrs, expire 6th J an. 1880 — Do for 3U yrs, exp i re s t h April, ' IBBS Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — INlhrc h. J ar ne, u .Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 31 per Cent. 8 die pDo £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO --. Bank England Stir, 51 per Ct. ...... -- INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES... India Stock, 10k per Cent , April 1874.... 212 15 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 . iso A ccount ...... — Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888..., Do ,2 ertiticates Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 51 p er C ent., May, 1879 Lo 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D , bonds bi3OUU ............... Do under .Cl,OOO ................. - dis FOItEION FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Do 1 839 . Brazilian 5 p er C ent ........... — Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Ce n t ...... 1 )o Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — %hilian 6 per Cent. — Do 3 per Cent. ...... Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 p er Cent, 1864 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent lOll Do, Se con d I ssue - .. Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Do Account 25 I Do Coupons Do Account... . G uatemala 6 per C ent . Do 1333 and 1959 Italia n S per Cent.(iNlarerniuuna Railway ) illoxican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent, 1864 Do Scrip £23 paid ... .. dis Do Fren c h S cr i p, Ex 251 '.oc — dis Do 6 par C en . A nglo-French Ditto Scrip, £l3 paid t‘loorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent..... Do Deterred Do Land W arrants (Hectares) .. — Peruv,an 41 per Cent Do ,I, per Cent. (Uribarren) .. Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account — Portugues e 3 per C ent., 1853 ...... — Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 82,'3 --- Do Account Do 1863 Sc r i p , £4O pa id ... . 471 8 7 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ 5t......,. 891 Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. 83 Do 3 per C en t 1959 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 B7l Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £3O paid Bar !MIMI C per Cent pia L'o Account B3/ Spanish 3 per Cent . 1 - ) 0 Account 5ll i D 0 New Deferred Po Account .............. % D,.0 PasKic e .. o 4ceolm, ....... . Spailiq, c ' , .., „ , ert. of Coup not funded — t,o 4. 0 , 01.1 .,, Swedish, 4 " b — Do S -' Pel. e illt — e "P , 4 ' 3 0 r aid PIA Turkish 6 p er 2 _ Cent. 18,J4 — Do Account . D o 6 per c am * . • . i.,L.... Do A-e ,, ourit . 8 •............ ' ..... 70 1 ... _ £lOO 80_,,,, I L' ) ( C ) 6per Cent , liii Do Account Da £lOO Bonds - 9 -1 Do 1% Do Guaranteed, 4 pe r Cent; - 9 V enezuela, 3 per Crut. •Do Account .. .•. ........... IDo 6 per Cent., 1832 ........... ) 0 "'account .................. 571 1) 0 11 per Cent ................... PaYable in London. Dividends on the Ex. 10 Florin. above An,t..• .., .lan, 5 par Cent,, t tit e 4 o l un p t er Cent., EE. 251 ' ...... : . .......... --- tlut " 2 1. per Cent., _E ,. . 12 Wai1.....,.. n ° 4 par Cent. Certificates Ijo ^ --. 11- ' 4 ' ll l, 6 per Cent., 1861, E 26 x.francs —. .. 1., , cceuti` -- 14: I ro v i'm Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. outess, 5 per Cent., lax, 25f - TWO O'CLO CK. eans c o s ~, 1.)6 4 c ottoy e „ 6Ol / 7412t.loccort,ssoutitof"" 9 / 1 i )hare P. 16.4 stock stock 4took stook took stock stock stock 20 stook 4tect! stock, 'vet: hat: 100 -N 20 6.p.c.J a. Jul 1877-S1 - Do. A p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 162 tO4 Do. Ap. c.Mar. & Sept. 100 192 104 - Do. 6p. c. Jan.&,July. 10, 88 10 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 • uape G - . Hope, 6p c , 1875 109 104 10 6 Do.Ap ,toet. 18s0 102 107 109 Do. 1810 , 100 ((9 .11 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 - iCeylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10t 111 113 !Mauritius 0 per cent .. 100 101 106 Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 130 106 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. a.&J lot i(0 102 Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct.. N.S.W.Gov. 519 10:; 97 99 Du. sp. c.,16 - t1 to L.;3 100 97 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 97 9g On New Zealand 6 p cent:, 190 106 108 INcva Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875. 10;.. 4.00 102 - Queensland G'cv. 6p. c. 100 103 10 . 1012 C6p.e.1878.& up.. 100 106 (08 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 105 - Do. io 10.0. An.t l tOct..l.oo_ 1005 noi! 1091 BRITISH !MIN ES. 2 jUarni,rian Consol. Gold 1 a 5d julillord Amalgamated.. -- I 30 32 IDeven G. Cone. (Tavist.) 1 565 675 Nast Bassett (Illogan).. 30 65 67 - East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... 285 29i • !East Carn Brea... 3 75 :E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.; 8.13.0 33 41. - Gam.,tBt.Aut)yn(Gwen 58. 7 9 ;Great South Tolgus.... 17e- 25 1 :11. Wheal Vor(llelston 10 29 31 'Grenville • 8.1:: 08 40 I ingston Downs 4.'8.0 31 gi Lady Berth , . 'Margaret (tiny Lelant 9i, 8 10 11 arke Valley.. 4 iNlyndy Iron Ore (Lim 23 It New Setun I 1(31 75 85 • North Downs l3 13 2 12 - N.Wll'l Basset (111o4au 3.1.0 l 12 • - ISorth Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 45 41 Par Consols CR. Blare> 20 , Providence(Uny Lelnt. 10 0. 38 40 IdouthCaradon(St.Cleer 14 465 173 S. Carn Brea (illogan.) — - Wheat Fran. (Mogan 475 525 - Stray Park '30.17.6 28 33 I PamarSilv.& Lead blin j - Ifin Crort ' 165 175 • 1 1V est Basset (Illogan), ll 9 10 G radon (Liskeard', 5 15 17 West Seton I Vi - heel Basset (Mogan: 55 'Wheal Iluller(itedruth 10 '47 29 ; Wheal Kitty (U.Lelanl 2.0.6 - I WhealLud. ott 4 :3.5.8 15 2 I Wheal MaryAno i:den ) 5 13 15 Weal Beton 585 220 230 Wheal Tretawney (Lis )I 7 19 21 11Vheal Union 3.17 15 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great 'orthern, 5 per cent.. red. at per cent. pm., 108 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred,, 83 ureat Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref.. 101 Midland 40 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 101 e 101 i Ditto, 4, per cent irrd., 101 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, Great Y.:astern 5 per cent pf., 101 A Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, I 8 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED:RENTALS. Preston and `Gyre, 431 Wilts and Somerset, 8.).: FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 181 l.4reat Luxembourg, 101 Kan Paulo ;lini.), gma. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 10i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 21} FOREIGN 211DiEB. Cape Copper, lim., 11 St. John del Rey (lim.), 31i BANK& Alliance !lint% 67 el Ditto, new, 601 Anglo Austrian, 71 A ustralasia. 72 Ditto, new, 57 Chartered tier. of India, Lonan, and China, 661 City, 148 Consolidated Bank, Um., 12 / European Bank, Rm., 111 Hindustan, thins, and Japan (liin.), 33! Ditto, new, issued at _2 pm., 214 2 TM( nal Bank of India, :Jhina, and Japan, Hu, 61 -Imperial Ottoman, 181 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 51 London and Brazilian aim.), 53 24 London, Bu.mos Ayres, and River Plate, —; Ditto, new, 8t: London Chartered Bank of Australia, 241 London and Colonial (Jim.), 221 I London and County, 74 4 London Joint Stock, $ 491 London and South African, 25 London and 1% estruinster, 100 1 Merchant Bank, urn , 23.1 Mercantile and Exchange. Um., 19 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 29 National of Liverpool, limited, 18 Ditto, new, 13 lim„ 13 NSSB S ew outh h; Standard '-11P;i ct itil i rilraVg l n ) ll: l a i Ist' and i ll' b S 7 o h Africa (11m.), 2I of Ire!and, t Union of London, 0 j 1 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 21i 201 , Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Urn. 3 City °nines, lim., Commercial Union, Insurance, Si Consolidated Discount, 8 Continental Union Gas, lint, 62 2 Contract , orporatiou, lim., 4: Credit nihiii• r, Crystal Paine. 321 Ditto, Prtlerence. 106 Enyptian Corn. and Trading, Urn., 41 Financial Corp. Tation, 6 Fore-str,:et Warehouse, 11:u., 7:1 a Gen. credit and Finance 01 Leaden, Dm, 7i tatARE This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STO t jh S. Paid. Closing Busined, Price. I done 8 ai 9 gi 85 R 7 120 121 Bi 7 35 37 16 17 89 01 104 106 4.1 501 7 8 t3fi 137 1t,2, 153 k 12 ,3: 00 9 C9j 1171 117; CS 70 1(5 (0 41 43 114 115 , 97) 98i' 61 64 111 )11h 1351 1361, 106 1(8 531 641 241 '456 106 ICI 6 %i 6 i 95 96 126 129 14 24 774 781 ltt nt 125 130 36 33 56 67 35 Z 7 n3)04 104 106 8 0 361 371 94 10 71 81 r 165 170 6 7 , 3 4 p 191 50 49k 107 110 & 37 SSIONS. Closing Pride. 5D 61 101 i 102! pars p Ji 6 8 9 77 82 77 8 77 82 98 iLO 98 100 .04 106 1(2) 1 3i p 2u 21 pl , 01 103 91 )0 10110 U 89 01 82 8t d 'p iO0& 10 93 67 ‘ll 04 57 59 3 5 82 84 101} :0 .00 4 101 pr fp .oof 104 MENT SEC L; It 1 'l' 1 h 14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Vai. :iythe end Tyne. 1 , ',ost.,Sleat.,andMid.t..lo i Bristol and Exeter • ICaledonian uorr: and Bandon Uornwall .. , eee .. • D o A 1 A gets no div D o. B till 6pc.pan.has been to . J Dublin .k Belfast June ß . I Dun.,Perth,& At. June. P. , ;.linburgli & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stis. I Ditto A stock I Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland i Great Northern.... • • • • Do A stock 1 , , Do B do ICA. S. an W. of Irelan. ;Great Western Do Ste Val gun.sto:3; Lanceshae &, Yorkshire 'London and iThtekwa I Lon., Brlght.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lou. & Nor'h Western Lon. & So*.th Western clan., Shef., & Lincoln, Maryport and Carlisle. Do 4 5hare:......... .. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning . . & Derby mid. Gt. W. of ireland Do. i shares Mid Rent Do Cray Line " North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berv.dc. Do, G.N. H. purchaeie, Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. ..... North London Do New • North Staffordshire .. ...e:;. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoc Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo I qh - ogshiro Union I .". ' i sout Devon !South Eastern ,South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWox Stockton & Darlingtol, 1)o Do New, 180 E Taff Vale.. .. • I Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall Vv. Hartlepool Har.&K West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford' itattwayft Lawrenc, liom.,Barocia,t.Centln;: Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New Do. E. Shares... 'Bck.alo and Lane Hurt», Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich o p. ot. bds. Aug. 1,187: Do. do. July 1,187. Do. do. June 1, Cleutta.&..B. Eastn. (L it. Cape Town ez Dock Seri Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. e. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. lot Pret. Bonds.. Do. co. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonne.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P ef. stock .. Do. do. d e ferred...... • Do. 4th Pref. sto ek... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiareom.g - ua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1802 Gt. South.of India (Lim uttranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New .. 'Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 51. p. C. do. '77-8 . Indian Branch Limited I Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. p. o.l4ixtensioL Dc. 44 DO; Fifth Slelb.Corp. p. Q. Bnth, Melb. . Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p.c. Rortg. Bds. N , vvßruE , swickez Cand ClaKa A and B. N.12,1.(Yda5 po lot pt bdt4, Scind,e . Do. Delhi Do. d 0..... .. • 4,1 5 Do. Pen,lattb •• , o. Do. Tufko.Bl. Po. L OLONIAL GOVERN BRITISH POSSE Paid. all 8 7i All i 0 • all al) 2 100 100 100 100 oou 100 2 1 all TIIE SUN, I,OOON, _FIIIDA.Y EVENING, JULY 8, Mt Semi-organised Bodies. In a recent communication to the Academy of Sciences, M. Fremy, whose name has lately been associated with the great dispute about spontaneous generation, explains his views on the subject. He does not admit, like the heterogenists Pouchet, Joly, and Musset, that living organised beings can spring out of the contact of lifeless atoms, but he endeavours to effect a compromise between the par tisans of that school and those of the panspermist doctrine, who attribute all the hitherto unexplained phenomena of vegetation and generation to the action of untold myriads of microscopic germs which in their opinion people the universe. Chemical synthesis, M, Fremy remarks, hae already succeeded in producing a certain number of immediate principles of vege table or animal origin, ouch as glucose, oxalic acid, urea, & , but independently of these there are others of muea more cornieicated compesi'ion, containing all theelements of vital organism, such as oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, and even lime and alkaline substances. Such prin ciples are albumen, fibrin, osseine, the yolk of eggs, &c. These, M. Fremy thinks, cann of be considered immediate definite principles, and he therefore calls them hemi organised bodies. They stand, with respect to organisation, to the formation of tissues, to the production of ferments, and to putre faction in about the same relation as a dry seed stands to vegetation ; it will remain for years offer ing no eigns of life, until et length it finds moisture, warmth, and light, and begins to germinate. Thus hemi-organised bodies may remain a long time in a state of organic immobility; bat when by any agency they quit this state, they will yield at their own expense all the elements of organisation. One of the chief agencies which contribute to force these hemi-organised bodies out of their state of torpor, is what Fremy calls organic traction. It is a well-known fact in chemistry that a body which undergoes change will draw a neighbouring one into the same condition, as is the case with nitrifraction for instance. Hence M. Fremy concludes that his hemi-organised bodies are drawn into vital action by other bodies in the same vital state ; they are then enabled to form membranes, tissues, ferments, &c. ; they may become organised and be afterwards decomposed; in a worn, they will be themselves living agents. We hardly think this iheory will answer the purpose for which it was intended, viz., that of explaining away the difficulties which have given rise to the theory of spontaneous generation THE YELVERTON CASE HOUSE OF LORDS.—TaiI DAY. YELVERTON V. YELVERTON (OR LONGNYORTH). Their lordships resumed the consideration of this long protracted case to-day, happily the last day, with the ex ception of that on which the house will deliver j , •dgment. There were present the Lord Chancellor, who presided, Lord Brougham, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Chelmsford, and Lord Kingsdown. Mr Rolt, Q.C,, in continuing his reply, said that yester day he had called attention to his conviction that there had been no promise of marriage in Scotland. He had said all ha considered necessary to be said both on the point of law and fact, and all that remained for him to do was to show that the hypothesis of a marriage in Scotland or elsewhere was wholly without fouodation,—that there never was anything in the nature of a promise of marriage, and he would now proceed with that part of the case. Referring to the terms of the alleged promise, he said he doubted whether that version of the affair was correct that there was any premise of marriage at all• Those words could not by any law of evidence be made to refer to marriage at all. There was nothing in it thy could tend to bring it to marriage. They might bring it within the probability of marriage, but it was impossible to carry it beyond that. The words were "I promised to do more than I could have performed when the time came." Was it within the nature of things that by any possibility they could make those words refer to marriage ? He contended that those words were not sufficient to establish a promise. To establish a promise there must be something pointing to a union of the parties, to the relationship of the parties. There was nothing of the sort in these words which pointed to whatever the other portions of the evidence might convey. Upon the whole he submitted that the portion he advanced, in his opinion, was clear, namely, that marriage was not the footing on which ltlajor Yelverton and Miss Longworth went to Scotland—on the contrary that they met on a footing which was directly opposed to marriage. Major Yelverton had positively refused marriage, and after that Miss Longworth acceded to his proposals. These were the points on which he proposed to satisfy their lordships. The learned counsel proceeded to speak of the discrepancies in Miss Longworth's evidence, and of the character which Major Yeiverton had borne. Lord brougham—What. Do you intend to rely upon the excellent character of Major Yelverton ? Mr Rolt thought he was entitled to adopt that line of argument. Lord Brougham said he was not speaking of Major Yel verton's immoralities in the ordinary sense. Mr Rolt said that the contention was that Major Yelver ton was not guilty of treachery in the seduction of Miss Longworth. That was abundantly plain, he thought, from the evidence. The learned gentleman then proceeded to speak of the recklessness of Miss Longworth's averments, and urged that the manner of introduction of the patties was not such as to lead a gentleman in Major Yelverton's position—au offi3er in the army—to think of marriage, but it was that sort of introduction which might possibly lead a young lady in Miss Longworth's position to suppose that it must eventuate in marriage. The Attorney •General had con tended that some of Ihe letters contained, in metaphorical language, a promise of marriage, which Miss Longworth accepted; but those letters he maintained did not admit of the interpretation which his learned friend had put upon them, and this he thought sufficiently proved by the fact that in subsequent letters Miss Longworth had shown that she did not regard the words relied upon in the light of a promise, In one of these letters, drawing her illustration from the drama, she said the next "act" in their career could not be written. Now, if matrimony were intended, there was no earthly reason why it might not be written about. If marriage had been really expected or intended there would have been no occasion for metaphors and inuendoea, and the part es would not have indulged in cold and indifferent language About it, Moreover, she had spoken of their indefinable relative position, which was inconsistent with the idea of marriage. In reference to that position Miss Longworth had stated that she had explained to' the superior of a convent the nature of that position, but that she had given that view of the case which cleared her cnaracter. She did not say she had told the truth; and if there had been aoy truth in the statement thitt there had been a promise of marriage, there would have been no occasion for such equivocation. In fact, Major Yel- varton had explicitly put her upon her gitard against a con tinuance of an acquaintance which might result in an illicit connection; and it was an important fact, bearing upon that branch of the case, that all the interviews between toe parties were sought by Miss Longworth, and not by Major Yelverton. Miss Longworth's letters contained strong ap peals for marriage. He would not detain their lordships by reading he letter on which the Attorney Gsneral relied—that letter in which her last appeal for marriage was combined. Everything showed that, up to that time, Major Yelverton had refused marriage. His object was clearly not marriage, but he intimated that he was willing. to continue the corre sF,nderce, cautioning her, however, as to whit might be tee result of it. She said she had a plan to propose which would s:tisiv her conscienc-.>,. but which ok. had not the to mention—that, at all events, could not refer to matrimony, about which there could be nothing which she could not mention. The Lord Chancellor—Did he not treat her proposal at Balaclava as proposals for marriage ? Mr. Rolt said that there could be little doubt about that She proposed marriage, and was distinctly refusal. The evidence was that Major Yelverton proposed that they should be privately married in .he Greek Chapel at Ba lava, but there was no evidence to bear out that statement, and Major Yelvcrton had sworn that he had distinctly refused marriage. He did not propose to go into the visit to Scotland, which their lordships had before them yesterday, but he remarked upon the correspondence which passed, as utterly inconsistent, even if it was a private marriage. If it were a secret marriage it was not secret from themselves, and it was most unlikely that they would correspond with each other without saying a word about the contract of mar riage having taken place between them. That, he thought, was a safer ground of criticism than observations upon any particular expressions, .The case was proceeding when we went to press. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Belure Mr Uuninaission , Jr liolroyd.) IN RE CAILE This bankrupt was dev)rioed as of India Arms, Trinity street, Rotherhirhe, and this was an application for release. There were only two debts amounting to £39, and there was no opposition, but it appeared he was bankrupt some time ago, but the order of discharge was suspended for three months which had expired, but he had not taken up his discharge, His Honour said that that must be done before the pre sent petition could be heard, The bankrupt would not therefore be released at present, The bankrupt said that he had been in prison for two months, His Honour said that the detaining creditor could release him, Mr Easton, the creditor, said that under the circum stances he should do so. IN RE VESPER. This bankrupt had carried on business as a toy dealer, &3 , in the Bow-road, and this was a meeting for last ex amination and discharge. Mr J. B. SJrrell, opposedon the ground that the bankrupt had executed a fraudulent bill of sale, by which he had defrauded his creditors of the whole of his property. From the evidence elicited by Mr. Sorroll at prev.ous meetings, it appeared that the bankrupt had executed the bill of sale in favour of his brother-in-law, who, however, never took possession, and never had' the deed in hie possession till after the bankruptcy, but a brother of the bankrupt nominally took pos session of the property before the bankruptcy, and there was a mock sale to bankrupt's son, who admitted, however, he had not paid for them, nor did he expect to be called upou to do so. Mr. Lovall contended that there was gross fraud on the creditors. Mr Oldridge, for the official assignee, said there could be no doubt that there had been collusion, and thought the caw% should be adjourned sine die. His Honour said it was a very hard case, and the excimi• nation would be adjourned sine die, and bankrupt would never pass until he gave up the property or its value, but protection would be granted for ome month to enable him to do so. A museum of art and antiquities of the middle ages has just been established at Florence, in the Bargello or town hall. Two galleries, one for sculpture awl the other for armour, are already opened, and although not to be compared with the similar collections at Turin, Madrid, Vienna, and Faris, nevertheless contain some interesting specimens. The most important news from the seat of war are given in the 2iloniteur de 1 1 Armee. The Austro- Prussians are said to be making great prepara tions. They are assembling between Bolding and Fredericia a body of troops said to number 35,000 men ; they have placed in requisition all the boats and vessels on the coast, and as they have besides, of their own, numarous means of transprt, the report is current that they wish to seize succes sively on Fatten and ' , upland, where they hope to find great resources for their array. The 1/31 , 1e6 have at the present mordent about 20,000 men in Funeu, and dre preparing to oppose a landing. If the Austro•Prussians carry into execution the pro ject attributed to them, they will then be not far from Zealand, on which is placed the city of Copenhagen. The Committee of the Stock Ezehange have ap pointed Monday next a special settling day in the English and Foreign Credit Company (on all transaw ions on and after April 18), to be quoted in the daily and in those of tile Valencia Slat, Slab Company and the Ihdford H:tel Company to be marked only in thq twice-a= Reek list. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day, BIARLBOROUGE. STREET. THE RUSSIAN BANX-NOTE rORGERIES-COMMITTAL. —Carl Albrecht Ap .hamson, a Russian, charged with uttering some forged Russian tank-notes to Mr Rudolf Prommel, bullion and exchange office-keeper, of 37, Hay market, was again brought before, Mr Knox for final exami nation and committal. Mr Peachy, of the firm of Oliwrson, Lane, and Peachy, Frederick-place, Old Jewry, procuted on the part of the , Russian Government; Mr Edward Dillon Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, defended the prisoner; and Mr Charles Albert interpreted the evidence. It may be remembered that tho ?risoner went to the office of Mr Prommel and asked for charge for two notes, and Mr Prommel told the prisoner they ware forgeries. Upon this the prisoner ran away, but ,vas pursued by Mr Protium:A and into a and a Neel the prisoner threw sv rg notes. flightwere se and also ' also a b ag h e l e ft a t L on d on .b r i Igo Railway found to contain a large n um b er o f b The prisoner has been rem an d e d f rom wee k t o wee k f or forted hiestation c at the attendance of a gentleman front the Russian Bank. Wm. Larendon, ex -sergeant of the metropolitan police, of 16, Coventry-street, Hayrnarke;, proven seeing the pri soner, on the 10th June, rush out of Mr Promuael's shop. He pursued the prisoner, and saw aim throw a parcel over the area railings of a house in Paxton-square. He went with the prisoner and Mr Pronittel towards the station, and seeing a constable handed prisoner over to him. Mr r Eugene lerk in the bank no t e manu f ac t ur i ng St. j Pe i t n ersburg, s a id th t t St a t e cre di t bil ls suc h adsepmthaotseepnrtOd Klein,leced were there manufactured. The 50 rouble credit notes of the year 1856 were still in circulation, The witness having examined some ot the notes produced, said they were forged. Mr Lewis reserved the prisoner's defence, and he was committed for trial. TEE "SOCIAL i,ESPECTAMLE" LAND LORD.—Mr George Hart, of 38A, Howland •street, Fitz roy-square, appeared before Ur Knox, to answer the eom plaint of a well 'dressed young woman named Howard. The complainant, an " untirtunatv," stated that she took . . lodgings in the defendant's house at the rate of £1 12s. a week, and not being able to pay her rent, owing to illness, she left the house and the defendant refused to give up her box, containing clothes, &c. The defendant said he kept a respectable house, and when the complainant came to it he understood she was a married woman and had a weekly income. The Complainant said the defendant knew to the con trary, as there were other young Women of the same class as herself in the house. After being in the house a day or two the defendant told her that she did not bring home gentle men enough to drink his wine. After hearing the evidence of Michael O'Shaughnessy, one of the warrant officers of the court, and who had made strict inquiries into the matter, Mr. Knox ordered the defendant to give up the com plainant's clothes. The Defendant said they were in the hands of the broker. Mi. Knox remarked that that was all the worse for the defendant. He would have to give up the clothes or the value of £5, and 2s. costs, or a distress warrant would issue against him, and if there were not goods to distrain upon the defendant would be committed for a month. WESTMINSTER : A VOLUNTEER PRISONER.—John Boak, 17, South street, Chelsea, and Fred. Gadner, respectably dressed young men, were charged before Mr Selfe with causing a disturbance near Battersea-bridge. Police-constable Gower, V 132, stated that about half past three c'clock that morning he was near Battersea bridge, when he heard a great disturbance. He went towards the bridge and there saw several persons fighting with each other near the World's End publichouse. The prisoners were among them- He induced the mob to dis perse with the exception of the prisoners, who were drunk and refused to leave. As Gadner insisted on not going away witness was obliged to take him into custody. On his way to the station-house ho became very violent. He also acted in a very violent manner at the station-house. Mr Selfe—What did the other prisoner do? Constable —He said that he would not leave while his 'riend was in the station. Boak—You forced me into the cell and I was locked up. Constable—You refused to leave, and I was obliged to lock you up, ()miner was fined 10s, and Boak was discharged. T [JAMES. DARING STREET ROBBERY.—James Coleman, a most audacious young thief, who belongs to a lawless gang fre quenting Rate; iff- highway and adj scent streets,was brought betore Mr. Paget charged with assaulting and robbing a foreign sailor named Rushman Anderson, The manner in which many robberies had been effected a•-• •t- hjo•hwav Cnia‘ , "- • - •—...45' - nicus as well as impudent, Sailors have been surrounded by lads, one of whom calls the attention of the victim to s tme dirt on his shoulder, while one or two others offi ciously offer their services to wipe it off, and another, while his attention is engaged, rifles his pockets or snatches his watch, In this m inner tho prosecutor, who belongs to the ship Hamburg, lying in the Commercial Dock, was accosted yesterday afternoon. Several boys, in cluding the prisoner, came round him, and he felt a tug at his right trousers pocket; his purse, containing 41 15s, was gone. The purse waa in the prisoner's hand. The prisoner shouted loudly for the police, and assistance was readily afforded by a respectable man named Bernard Kop per, of No. 8, Warwick-place West, Pimlico, furniture dealer. Ho was in a house in Ratcliff-highway, and heard the prosecutor calling out " Give me my money." He went to the door and saw the prosecutor and the prisoner struggling together. Another man caught held of the prisoner, and Mr Kopper fetched a policeman named Stroud, 147 H, who took the prisoner into custody. The purse and money were in his hand, and taken from him. Stroud said the prisoner had been in custody ten times, and had been summarily Convicted. • The prisoner, in his defence, said he took no money from the prosecutor. Two or three other boys did so. He was coming along the Highway, and a boy put the sailor's purse and money into his hand. The sailor took it out of his hand and gave him into custody. Mr Paget committed the p r i soner f or tr i a l . The prosecutor asked f i r hi s purse and money. Mr Paget — lt is in char ge o f the po li ce, and you can have }our money when the tri a l i s over. The sailor intimated that hi s ship would sail to=morrow. Mr p Lige t—l cannot help ;hat. MALTS ---Thin Day, - MALIi -LANE. Fresh up to our mark e t to day, t h e arrivals of home. growawheatwere small, but the condition of the produce was 'h :Ce r :th dbOhowever,firm.good. was by no means a c ti ve , l pi The supply of foreign wheat on th e stan d s was rude rately large. In most de scription s , a f a i r average b usiness w a s transacted. Floating cargoes of g r ain wer e i n moderate request at nevertheless, late rates. The moderat e l y supplied with barley. On the at lull prices. Malt changed hand s to a moder ate extent, a t l ate rates. The supply of oats an s ale wa s tol,rably largo. Sales, whole, market gener a lly speakin g, progressed slowly, at Monday's quo - Cations. was uted steady, Beans and p eas ruled fifirm, alatl Monday's prices were thetrade well supported. Flour was is moderate request, at full quotations. ARRIVALS TILIS wok. Wheat. BarieY. Malt. Oats. Flout. e:nglish 1,4.0 I , 2,0:0 j 1,35) I 1,040 Irish..... — 120 1 5.9,0 lonrairm 21,610 I', _ --- 26,720 Do— ______ 5.... 200 sks, 1,3,0 brls. N DEALL. These markets ElV are AT with meat for the time of year. Generally speaking , t he trad e i s d u ll , b ut the chief fall in prices is in lamb, which 1442 declined fully 4d p er Blhs. E fair A ly N s p up L o ß ie h c .. .NH Per Slb. by the carcase. s u 8 inferior beef 2 10 3 2 :diddling do. 3 4 3 frime largo do, 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 Midi gd et] d o 3 8 4 2 , Pri Te .. 4 4 4 6 v e a , • ......... 3 10 4 6 Small pork .. 4 2 4 6 Lamb ..... 6 0 6 0 BOROUGH HOP. The accounts from the plantations this morning respect ing the appearance of the crop are f avourable. Our market is scantily supplied ade is dull, w i andth all 1 prices d r i t c s e c s r ihpat syo i some h hops i neverthe less,nstances a downward tendency. Last year's Produce chiefly commands attention, and for such previous quotations are firmly sup ported. -- COLONIAL. Tinactive, and the few bargains —Th enterede d elr a intoes have have ebbeeeenn verya: a bout previous rates. SUGA.R.—There has beeu a bet ter demand for 'West India, and sup er i or gro c e ry descriptions fully maintained previous rates. In the refined market there is little change of importance to record. COITEE.—For Plantation Ceylon the in qu i r i es h ave been more animatA, end late Prices have b een we ll sustained. RlCE.—Only a limited business has been done In inferior descriptions, without any material change to record in values. TALLOW.—The market has continued depressed in all positions. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s 9d 40s 6d, and Last three months' delivery 43s 9d 43s Gd per cwt, Ti)e steam frigate Therais, which served as escor to the Emperor of Mexico to Vera Cruz, left that port ou Sth Jl.lllO to return to France. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, July B.—Wind this day at noon—North- West; modera:e breeze and fine weather, but a little cloudy. FALMOUTH, July 7.—Arrived—Emma, from Ibrai Sailed—Sophie, for Rio Janeiro. CARDIFF, July 7.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Flora, from Bilboa. Sailed—Redbreast, for Singapore—Madagascar, for Zanzibar. OFF FALMOUTH, July 7.—Arrived—Denmark, from Rangoon. PLYMOUTH, July 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Adamani from London for Adelaide. UL DE, July 7. —Wind W.—Sailed—Caledonia, screw steamer, for New York—Flamingo, steamer, for Bermuda —Clydesdale. for Montreal. QUEENSTOWN, July B.—Wind S.lV.—Arrived—Edin burgh, steamer, from Liverpool, and proceeded for New York. PORTSMOUTH, July 7.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Martha and Jane, for Alexandria, (BY 3IAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, July 7—Star of Hope, from Cronstadt. Arrived, July S.—Emperor, from Cronstadt; Ada Letitia, from Harbour-Grace ; North of Scotland, from Stockholm, Anna Dorothea, from Nykiobing. Sailed, July B.—Sir Robert Peel, for Dunkirk; Lisbon, steamer, for Lisbon; Motive, steamer, for Bremen. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed.—Brunette, screw steamer, from Mediterranean, for London ; Lady Havelock, screw steamer, for Bordeaux; St. Lawrence, for Calcutta—both from London. A letter from Berlin, in the Monde, says :—" The works on the towers of Cologne cathedral require the employment of larger sums than those which nave ueeu uttuertu uevoLea annually to tne com pletion of the building. In order to meet this want, the Government has authorised a lottery for the benefit of that important work. The amount will be 500,000 thalers, in tickets of one thaler each, with a net profit of 300,000 th. Tuis is the first time that a lottery has been permitted for such a purpose in this country, where the State has the monopoly of lotteries, and derives an annual profi: of 5,000,000 th., besides enriching its agents." OPENING OF ANOTHER NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CnußCa.—Cardinal Wiseman presided on Tuesday at the opening of a new Roman Catholic Church at Han well, Middlesex. The church has been built from the de sigus of Mr E. W. Pugin, and, though small, is a beautiful specimen of architecture. It has been built at the expense of one individual, Miss Rabnett, of Hanwell. There was a large attendance of clergymen and laity. Among the former were :Mgr. Talbot, one of the Pope's chamberlains. High mass was celebrated by the Very Rev. Dr. Hearne. and the music (Elaydn's Imperial Mass) was executed in good style by several of the leading vocal and instrumental Catholic artistes in London. There was a dejeuner afterwards, at which Cardinal Wiseman presided, KEY LOST-0,000 REWARD.—Lost, near Fort Darling, " the key to Richmond," which, as was announced by the republican papers, was entrusted in the keeping of the subscriber. It is supposed to have been taken by a fellow names Beauregard, who violently assaulted, battered, and thrashed the subscriber, causing him to skedaddle in such haste that he dropped the key. The above reward will be paid in Lincoln skins to any one who will restore it. BEN BUTLEIL—Fort Wayne (Indiana / Sentinel, Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of . a woman named Elizabeth Wright, whose death had been clearly accelerated by neglect and want of food• She was formerly a street singer, and, owing to her beautiful voice, had attracted the attention of various ladies, some of whom allowed her money in her old age. As her son, who was the only person to take charge of her, appears to have been half-witted, the assistance she received was of very little use, and she gradually sank from privation. A TRUE LYTTON !—About the only civil remark addressed from the Government side of the house to the Opposition, was the following incidental obset vation of the Attorney-General's last evening:—ln a very earls. period of the negotiations, said the right hon. and learned genila man, there Res a despatch written by Mr. Lytton. He did know whether that gentleman was related to the right hon. member for Hertfordshire. [An HoN. MEMBER—His son.] The ATTORNEY-GENERAL —Then he was worthily related, for his despa ch showed remarkable ability; and it placed faithfully betore them the difficulty which existed in reter euce to Denmark. ROBBERY AND ARSON BY A CLEIIK.—On Tues day a young man, named John Parker, employed as a clerk in the office of Messrs. J3seph Maunder and Co., merchants, Royal Bank Buildings, Dale.street, Liverpool, was taken into custody on charges of robbery and arson. About ten months since, Mr Maunder went with his wife and homily on a tour to the continent. For the safe keep ing of some valuable pictures, he locked them up in his private office, and with them a number of other valuables, including from £7O to £lOO worth of old and foreign gold coins. These latter were locked up in a cupboard in the private office. On Tuesday a telegram was received from Mr Maund r, slating that he would be in Liverpool on the following day. At a late hour that night the police constable on duty discovered that Messrs, Maunder and Co.'s offices were on fire, He at once passed the alarm to the fire station, and Mr Hewitt and his brigade soon ex tinguished the fire, but not before damage to a cons . derable amount had been done several paintings, and one of them valued at £7OO having been destroyed along with other articles. It was discovered that a large number, if not all, of the gold coins above referred to had been taken away, and it was then suspected that the fire had been the work of an incendiary. It was ascertained that the prisoner on Tuesday evening told a companion named Molyneux, that he had forgotten to leave the keys of the office with the keeper, and that he would have to go down with them. The young man met him at a quarter to eight, and waited while he went up with the keys, but the prisoner was so long that he caused Molyneux to be impatient and to whistle for him. Ho at length, however, came, and they want away together. It was also found that the clock in the office had stopped at twenty minutes past nine, and it was considered impossible for any one to have gone to the cupboard in which the coins were in the short period which had elapsed between the time of the pri soner being in the office and the fire reaching the clock. A number of the coins, too, were found to have been sold at different times at various bullion offices. Tho prisoner was then apprehended, and he made statement to the effect that when he left the office on Tuesday evening he went home to his mother's house, where he changed his clothes, put ting on the uniform of the Ist L.R.V., of which corps he is a member. He hud taken the keys of the office with him, and after changing his dress he went down to the (ace. lie saturated some paper with oil, placed it under the cup oeard in which the coins had been, and set fire-to it, but lid not think of setting fire to the whole office.—The pri soner was yesterday brought before the magistrates and remanded.—MancheseAr qvit7ian, 136¢ 1U il 3 j 7 l 211 111 lls 17i 10:q 42i 2 'l 9B 147 r 151 1114 11 Business don SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.---The public read the speeches in Parlia ment with more or less pleasure and instruction. They admire the dexterity with which Mr. Dis raeli commends everything done by Government in the Danish affair, yet finds reason :or an adverse vote in something else of their doing which has spoilt their Danish policy. They admire Gladstone's thunder, Roebuck's biting satire, and foreman's splendid impartiality. We, in the exercise of our vocation, comment on theee speeches ; we treat them as manifestoes in the great war ef opinion. No tiriubt they have a certain amount of European fame. Gar French neighbours at leastcan understand thern,ent; are disposed to do them justice. But all this time it is perfectly well known that the real business in hand is done in a very different manner. Long. headed politicians, with much knowledge of elm racier and ef the ways of mortal men, are going about counting heeds, computing in teresie,and doing tittle sums in addition and eubtrection of immense signific ince. They do this because they know, as every body knows, that votes are decided out of doors, and that the division to-night would be much the same had every speaker spoken in an unkne tongue which there was nobody to interpret. Frain day to day, from hour to hour, various figures have i gone about as the predestinated event of this debate. Twenty, five and twenty, a dozen or fifteen, a mere shave, a downright minority have been rumoured in turn,the differences of estimate being referable to the health or the engagements of members rather than their opinions. We believe that the most consum mate eloquence would no more affect the division than it would turn cats into dogs, or dogs into cats. As matters now stand, and unless something very unexpected intervenes, not to change minds, but to prevent bodies making an appearance, we expect a very modest majority indeed, but still a majority. England is expected to yield a majority of 32 for Ministers, Scotland a majority of 23, amounting to a majority of 55 for the whole island. Ireland, however, is booked for a majority of 51 against Ministers, leaving a net majority of 5. The calcu lation which gives these differences suppoees 320 to vote on one side and 316 on the other—a very large muster, and one which cannot he reckoned upon with anything like certainty, even if we had the promise of every member under his sign manual. The first reflection that must present itself to every body is that the real question is an Irish one. If Ministers are beaten, they will be beaten by Ire land, and what is more, Great Britain will be beaten by Ireland. This is not the first time that one ques tion has been tried under the form of another, for it is a very old remark that nearly every question is tried in this country under a false issue. The Irish members tacitly admit the little interest they feel in the matter actually under discussion, for till Mr. Cogan broke their silence last night they had wholly abstained from the debate. That gentleman's re ferences to Danish affairs are but slight and casual. He follows the lead of Mr. Disraeli, in throwing such blame as there is on the Foreign Secretary* and is even more emphatic in his admiration of the Premier. In effect, hoa ever, he makes this a general question of confidence, that ordeal which a Government may escape from ono debate to an other, from one session to another, but which must come at last, perhaps when least expected, not to say least deserved. DAILY NEWS.—The British soldier, even after Mr. Cobden's proclamation, of the millennium, re mains an object of groat interest. Utility and scarceness combine to make him a valuable creature, although the India office still refuses to protect his life in our Eastern Empire by the arrangements which sanitary science prescribes, and although in New Zealand the services of a whole division are dedicated to the inglorious occupation of seizing the land of savages for civilised settlers. Although of the commonest material, he costs a great deal in the finished state, and just Eis he has arrived at perfection his obiigation to service expires, and we have to tempt him anew. The dificatties we ex perience in keeping up our army in a state of efficiency will probably increase rather than diminish for the next few years, until we have mastered all the elements of what is obviously a state of transie tion, and placed the maintenance of our military force on a basis more in accordance with the changed and still changing economic and social conditions of the classes from which our regiments are recruited. In the meantime, with our present lights, we can see ways of making the soldier's life more attractive within the actual limits of his duty and pay. The weary monotony of that life in time of peace, arising from want of occupation, has long been recognised as a source of temptation to courses destructive of his health and efficiency, and there __ secei ante to toe COUllify wined see serves. Experience proves that whatever calls into play the better qualities of a man re.ises him in the process above the influences which lead to vice. A few years ago an attempt was made to turn this knowledge to account in the army. General Craufurd, who visited the camp of Chalons in the summer of 1861, observed that the French soldiers were very handy, able to shift for them selves, and be useful to their company, through the knowledge which most of them possessed of some trade. He recorded his observations in a report addressed to the War-office, and suggested that it was worthy of inquiry whether something in the same direction might not be done for the advan tage of the British soldier. The late Sir G. Lewis looked very favourably on the suggestion, and a committee of officers was appointed to investigate the subject. Tne General and other officers com manding districts in England were written to, and asked to assemble boards of qualified officers, and take their opinion. An overwhelming majority of the officers stated that it would be of immense ad ventage to the service if means were afforded by which the soldier could learn and pursue a trade, under proper regulations. The Chatham board of officers, whose return may be taken as a specimen of the reports generally, declared their conviction that " the benefit to the soldier from the proposed system would be invaluable. It would-in no way diminish his efficiency —it would increase his use fulness on service, and in quarters occupy his time so as to keep him a great deal out of the way of vice and add to his contentment. It would also make the army more popular, and attract a better class of men into it." But although this was the opinion of the best officers of the army, the scheme fell through, his Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief having unfortunately acquired the convic tion that men would not stay in the army if they were taught how they might get a living oat of it. We hope that what is doing now at Aldershott may be taken as a proof that better counsels are prevailing at the Horse Guards. Aldershot has produced an Industrial Exhibition. Under the guidance and encouragement of officers who show they are worthy to command, the soldiers at the camp have furnished the products of their skill and industry, which are now displayed in the Alderehot Club-house, forming a most interesting collection. Every regiment in camp—horse, foot, artillery, and eosineers—has sent something for exhibition, and not oOly the men but their wives and children, and the wives of the ricers, have contributed articles. Besides armnurers' and smiths' work, harness, accoutrements, aned . military engineering instru ments, there are speCtnens of carving, carpentering, cabinet work, which show the men to be equal to the demands either of military or civil life. The remarkable feature of the exhibition is the evidence it offers of the correctness of the opinion of those officers who reported three years ago in favour of encouraging the soldier to pursue some industrial occupation in his leisure time. We may take it for certain that the men who have furnished the stalls at this exhibition are not the worst but the best men in their several corps ; and we have in this display of their work an indication of the way in which a good soldier is led by choice, when left to his own good sense, to spend his spare time. It may be said that the testimony of the men themselves is now added to that of the officers who supported in favour of General Crawfurd's recommendation. We may hope that this exhibition will break down the last remaining prejudice that has operated to pre vent the establishment of workshops for soldiers, which have been found of so much advantage in India. Bank of England Return.•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for tho week ending un Wednesday, the 6th day of July, 1864: ISSUE nrrAIITMENT. ;50t430 burned .......X27,893,1;10 Government Debt £11,0 15 . 1c0 Other Securities .. 3 . 034 • 9°(/ Gold Coin tic Bullion 13,248,5t0 Silver Bullion .••• 0,7,895,810 127,893,810 , EPARTIVENT. OVerfirtlent Se' G rities (including Dead WeightAn nuity') ------ ----- 411,12 2125 other secnrit.es • oNglde° and Silver (5,5 0 1 8 8 1 , 2 5 3 Coln £41,3.9,623 MILLER. Chief Cashier BAN KM G D oprietors' Capi tal X 14,553.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis- missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend 9.45D,3 30 counts) B O c t v h e e n r Der m oro an ... c i 13,4 50 7 :::: 3 5 Bills ...••• ther X-41,389,02G July 7, 1864- The journals of the Ardeche mention that the harvest is now very nearly got in everywh , re in the southern put of that department. The yield is said to be good. Letters from the Dordogne also sthto that a large portiou of the clop there is already cut. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) QUEEN'S PLATE. .............. Lioness was scratched. MATCHES. Saffron beat Voluptes. Clairvoyants beat Wild Thyme. £lOO HANDICAP PLATE. Deerfoot ................ ... Figaro ............ Ten ran. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING—JuI. - I- 13. i.ocEptances for the Liverpool Cup, value 200 sous, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each. Two miles. Age st lb f Age at lb Dollar.. Limosina 3 6 4 Golden Plefige tippler .... Staiaxn 3 6 2 Black Deer Fontenoy 4 7 2 Tedd y T.halestris 11nj0r..., 3 6 6 ' Farnha m .. ........ 3 5 11 Bacchus The Clown The highest weight accepting being Bst 81b, it has teen raised to Set 12M, and the others in proportion. IV,EIGFITS FOR THE 00 0 WOOD'CUP. .o June II) (Calculated Age et lb Lord Clifden 4 9 7 Stradella Limosina Blithfield Dollar The Ranger 4 9 0 East Lancashire Spa King .. 4 9 0 La Toucques 4 8 10 Queen Bertha Scottish Chief Age at lb Claremont 3 7 7 Bel Demonio .. 4 7 0 Bacchus 3 7 7 Glendusk The Little Stag 3 7 7 Myrtle Lord Zetland Hollytox 311'hoellyMajor3 7 3 Carew 37 3 3 7 3 Esperauce 3 7 3 JIBES FOR 1864. MY. Winchester l9 Southampton 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn Goodwood GUST. Oxford lB Yarmouth York August. Plymouth ...... 23 Lichfield ........ 29 Devon anal Exeter ..., 30 Stockton .... 3O Derby IMBEL Breton l9 Richmond 'Royal Caledonian Hunt 21 Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NevrmarketFirst October 27 Lincoln Kelso .... Gloucester Newmarket Houg . on 24 EMBER. Leamington &War,Hunt 22 E velina Goldylocks Equinox .. IRISH. SZPTRIIRER. RACING FIX T Pontefract Abingdon Liverpool July Stamford l4 Nottingham Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes Iluntingdon Wolverhampton . 9 Reading Egham Dover SErTIL: Weymouth 1 Baden-Baden .... 1 Warwick September.... 6 Bridgwater Leicester.. 'Doncaster OCT Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians Club. Newmarket Second Oct. 10 Nov. Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Curragh OCTOBER, Curragh STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1861. NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market firm, Sales, probably 12,000 bales. WEEKLY COTTON REPORT. Market very steady. Sales, 84,880. Specula tion, 14,670, Export, 24,580. Actual export, 12,610. Quotations—Middling Orleans, NI ; Mobile, 301- ; Uplands, 304 ; fair Egyptain, 29.1, 301; fair Dbollerab, 221 ; Surats, 10 to 25. Course of the Exchange.--• Yesterday. k Tqfa dani .... o % h_, 1 17 Rotterdam — 12 Of Antwerp — 25 57i Brussels — 2.5 57± Hamburgh — 13 8} Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine -- 1194. Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —31 i Berlin — Madrid ... • .• Cadiz Leghorn . ... — Milan — Genoa ..-- Naples - palermo .— Messina Lisbon .. 48 481 25 62k 25 65 26 65 25 65 25 65 25 65 11 171 12 1 25 621 25 621 13 9 25 25 25 65 25 65 1204 11 90 11 93 3111 4Si 48i 25 70 25 70 25 70 25 70 25 70 25 70 Dport0...- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. 18C4. 1863. 1804. .£ Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 Belfast and County Down Blyth and Tyne . 28 28 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 Caledonian Cockerraouth & Workington Bl 81 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blaekrock, &Passage 6 61 • 1863. .0 2,t 61 2.324 731 61k , .., Cork and long - hal ••• 32 . . 32.3 Cornwall 651 52/ Deeside l7 ° 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 181 Edinburgh and Glasgow 173 164 Furness, &c 5O 5 , Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union 663 663 Great Northern 253 351 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 gt.Soutioa. & Westn.(lrind.) 3731 329 Great Western 10561 10551 Inverness & Aberdeen June 864 865 Inverness & Perth Junction 119/ Irish North-Western 195 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u2 1951 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 26.4 261 Llanelly 461 961 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 51 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, tic S. Coast 261/ 2595 London, Chatham, & Dever 72/ ?2t Do. Metropolitan Extension 114 64 Han..Sheffteld, & Linwlnsh blanch. S.J un.& Altrincham. • 0 9i 91 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6 ,o Midland Gt.Westn. of 'rind 2l'2. 2591 Monkland 7ll 711 7,349 7.152 19,421 17,4]2 32L 3u5 ) 32S 230 195 652 623 1,542 1.52.) 3 6 3.,8 1,373 1423 1,8:6 1,E29 241 15 3,4_.5 2,637 7,9,".2 7,971 3, 44 2,939 8,601 5,213 33,190 31,128 3-,3c6 29.580 1,711 1,788 718 191 9,123 9.0,3 68,290 65,402 1,4 ,, 3 1,253 1,642 1,932 1,709 11,015 30,650 266 203 1 • 9 265 Monmouthsh. Rail. dr, Canal.. North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee ' N-Eastern and stock. & Danl 10145 10791 North London 9 9 North Staffordshire 254 254 824 789 113.390 103,689 2,079 2,021 :6,776 21,6 21,414 21,010 6,375 5 207 ~b 75 618 17,918. 11 017 1,42 10E7 1,536 LDS 2.231 2, ( W 47,419 42. 6 12 0,311 4 . OC ' 1:680362 less 2 Oswestry and Newton 50 42 Rhymncy lo} lgi St. Helen's Canal & Railway 62 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 1:18 30 Somerset and Dorset 66 , f 751 "• South Devon ... 75 . South-Eastern..... 3O 306 Taft Vale 57 57 Ulster •• ........ 105 i 10;;'. 4 '' ''''''' 10 Vale of Clwyd. ' 10 ''''' 431 3 5 Vale of Neath ......... ..••• • ~, Waterford and K . .. lkenvy ..... '''. 31 77 Waterford and Limer i ck 7370 West Cornwall... .. wall ......... x R..ai.L... . s)f 27i W.Hartlepoolliar 52 7 w lN: h ' h i t a e v h e a n v . C e . 1 e Junction........ate) r, 13 WM tehaven & lurness J an... 35 33:: 1306 13.'63 61.7 0 58,2 t. 0 3 .326 3,242 5,6' 9 8.1 1, 188 1,117 1,106 912 2, 77 7,( 5 , 2 64 4,8 ,;5" 4 ,t'?5 4,9M31 697 3, 3 3.968 3,917 23,537 22,585 5,219 6,4 s 2, I'l :":..1(36 2 9 2,953 2. 26 30 1.12 1,1:7 1.231 1,0,2 ,7r, 4,572 £553 78t 656 ),002 t 320 I,ols :Li B us iness in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has exhibited rather less animation, Tea, since the public sales, has been inactive; while moderate transactions have taken place in West India sugar, at steady rates. Coffee end rice have been in average re. quest, but tallow has been in very limited demand for both present and forward delivery, and prices show a downward tendency. The Journal de St. Petersberg announces that, in consequence of the death of the King of Wurtemburg, the regiment which bore his name will resume its title of the Mittau Hussars; the regiment named after the Prince Royal of Wurtemburg will be called the King of Viurtem burg's Dragoons; and the Grand Ducbrss Oiga's Hussars will take the title of the Queen of Wurtemburg's Regiment. A MAMMOTH REGIMENT.—The Sixteenth New York Volunteer Artillery, commanded by C o l. J. J . Morrhon, headquarters at Yorktown, Virginia, is the largest regiment ever recruited in the United States, and has men in the following places :—At Yorktown, 1,140 ; at Williams burgh, 270 ; putting up telegraph, 50, with 148th New York Volunteers, 46 ; with Ist New York Mounted Rifles, 272 t r a n sfe rr ed; with Ssth New York Volunteers, 45; with light batteries United States Artillery, 22; with Army of the Potomae, 201—transferred :—making a total of 2 ; 023 men and 53 efficers,—Xew York, Tit;tt and ar- 'ent aid ter. and and Izor e of the EICSEI this :na, -Ent :ord and ive. ter. 1104 Tess , in rty iter ❑d ly st• rd ye ry 100 100 100 8.13.4 is 4" ton 106 t 93 35; 93 i i 102} 103 j 3